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(2) Dvārasyārdhena vishkambhaḥ—‘half of the door gives the width’ (Bṛihat-saṁhitā, LIII. 24). Sāshṭāṁśo vishkambho dvārasya dvi-guṇa uchhrāyaḥ | (Ibid. v. 25, see J. R. A. S., N. S., vol. VI. p. 284, note 3).

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Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit